Monkey has a few monkeys.  Now that he’s fully interested in Curious George and animals in general, he prefers the monkey we bought him which looks more like a real monkey with brown and cream colors rather than the one that’s blue and cream.  He sleeps with this particular monkey often and loves him.

We have a book called HUG which he loves and has learned how to give hugs with great expression and affection because of not only us but this book.  This book features a monkey and he LOVES this book.  I, too, love this book even though it has few words — three, I think.

I bought another monkey from Five Below.  This one was supposed to be for me.  YES, for me.  You see, it’s the same monkey Zane Lamprey totes around in the show Three Sheets.  His name is Pleepleus.  I wanted to keep this monkey in the car (understanding that my Monkey would want to hold it, I thought it would be a good “car” toy).  Well, Monkey loves Pleepleus and Pleepleus is now another favorite.

The other day, Monkey, Pleepleus and I were driving home from daycare and Monkey said “OW!” very emphaticly from the backseat.  Trying to be clever, I asked, “Did monkey bite you?”  Monkey played along and said, “Yes!”

I said, “Well, tell Monkey, ‘No biting!’” and Monkey said, “Yeah!”

Then a few minutes later, Monkey yelled, “OW!”

Again, I asked, “Did the monkey bite you?”

“Yeah!” Monkey exclaimed.

“Okay, tell Monkey not to bite!” I said smiling.

“Yeah!” Monkey exclaimed again.

A few minutes later at a red light, Monkey said again, “OW!”

I said, “Okay, I think we need to put the monkey in a timeout!”

Then very quietly and apprehensively, Monkey said, “No.”

You see, Monkey has had numerous timeouts recently with his hitting and occassional biting behavior.  He hates them as he should.  But I thought it was rather funny yet sad that he didn’t want to put his own monkey in a timeout.